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Sunday, August 14, 2011

This Week at 148Apps: August 8-12

This week, August 8-12, 148Apps interviewed Matt Gravelle, co-founder of Graveck, the developer behind one of the most successful and addictive iPhone games – Skee-Ball. Interviewer Gianna LaPin writes, “Graveck has recently started developing for the Android platform; this, combined with all the recent advances in the iOS world, is enough to make Matt's head spin. Looking forward, he sees steady, predictable advancements in the mobile computing field instead of major breakthroughs in the near future. Specifically he agrees with Apple's move towards creating a more seamless, cohesive user experience between devices by leveraging cloud storage, and Graveck plans on adopting that same philosophy.”

Read the entire interview at 148Apps.com.

Skee-Ball

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $0.99

Our Rating:

:: ADDICTIVE
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Released: 2009-09-22 :: Category: Games

Over on 148Apps.biz, founder Jeff Scott announced the upcoming App Developer’s Conference in Santa Clara, CA: “The App Developers Conference is the essential event for everyone building and selling apps for emerging devices. From smart phones to smart cars, applications and connectivity are driving the consumer application market forward at warp speed. This event brings development professionals together with the platforms, tools, services, and brand marketers that are working to connect people, places and things.”

The fine folks at GiggleApps reviewed an app designed to teach kids the basics of drawing, appropriately called How to Draw. Reviewer Amy Solomon writes, “How To Draw is a creative and fun application that explains, step by step, the elements used to draw simple pictures how and to re-create these drawings themselves. Although universal, this app best performs on the iPad when one is following along, drawing within this app, but this app also included is a very nice section which allows the viewer to just watch these images progress as well – something that can be enjoyed on either iPad or iPhone.”

Read the full review at GiggleApps.

How to draw

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2010-04-13 :: Category: Education

Finally, no weekly wrap-up would be complete without a visit to our 148Apps Lists. Stop by to see the newest 148 apps on the App Store, the Top 148 free apps and more. Plus, keep track of all the latest app developments by clicking “Like” on our Facebook page, or following us on Twitter.

That’s it for this week! Check in with us next week for a weekly round-up.

Apps mentioned in this post: How to draw, Skee-Ball

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Five For Friday: Week of August 12

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As always a flood of apps were launched in the past week, including the usual hot games. Summer must be drawing to a close because we are also seeing a lot of productivity and content consumption apps, too. This week some of the most interesting apps are iPad only. If we missed your favorite please let us know.

Perfect RSS Reader

There is a new sleek Google Reader for the iPad that may give perennial favorite Reeder a run for it’s money. Perfect RSS Reader mixes a wide variety of features and several different viewing modes, has lots of sharing and support for multiple accounts, as one would expect. Perfect RSS Reader also has graphic interface so users can sort through their feeds in a number of intuitive familiar ways, including a sort of magazine format. It’s fast and looks fantastic.

Perfect RSS Reader

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-08-11 :: Category: News

Boxee for iPad

Create video and share it everywhere with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, and see theirs too with this one simple app. Boxee for iPad makes sure to catch all uploads from friends on those networks. The app allows for playlist creation from almost any video streaming site from YouTube to TED talks – and upload to Boxee's web site to watch any video on a real TV.

Boxee for iPad

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-08-09 :: Category: Entertainment

123D Sculpt

Were this clay modelling app offered by someone other than Autodesk we'd be dubious. But since the developer is one of the top names in professional design apps, we are excited to give it a try. Users mold basic shapes like clay to give them a unique 3d look. Users just pinch, pull and then paint their creations and to be shared on Flickr, Facebook, Dropbox or YouTube.The app has Air Print, saves images as transparent PNGs for editing further with Sketchbook Pro or any other painting app or desktop program. HD QuickTime renderings can be imported into iMovie as well.

123D Sculpt

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-08-09 :: Category: Entertainment

Macworld Express

This free Apple news aggregator looks slick. It seems serving content up magazine-style is becoming a trend. Macworld Express is definitively a fanboy app, or a hater's dream if leaving snarky blog comments is your thing. But it looks good and serves up the news we care about most.

Macworld Express

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-08-10 :: Category: News

Save Yammi HD

There is no getting around the fact that Save Yammi HD and its iPhone counterpart take more than a little inspiration from Cut the Rope. Despite it's similar appearance, Save Yammi is not about rope cutting. Gamers have a set amount of rope with which to catch stars and must use their noodles to create a path for a cookie to take. Tey can then shake the device to remove the rope and draw another or time it so the cookie drops into Yammi's mouth. Derivative or not, it's fun.